Effects of nutmeg

Nutmeg is warm and pungent, belonging to the spleen and stomach meridians, drying dampness, moving qi, warming the middle and stopping vomiting, for the middle jiao is not transported, cold and dampness in the prevalence of the most appropriate. For abdominal distension and pain caused by cold-dampness and increased leucorrhea, cardamom is often combined with Hou Pu (厚朴), Chen Pi (陈皮) and Mu Xiang (木香). If the body is thin and vomiting water, nutmeg can be combined with Hanxia and Cangzhu. This product is pungent to break qi, warm to disperse cold, for the spleen and stomach cold caused by vomiting, can be combined with patchouli, atractylodes. For loss of appetite and diarrhea, Cao Nutmeg is used with Gao Liang Jiang and Bai Zhu. This product is pungent and warm and can also disperse cold and relieve pain. For treating cold pain caused by stomach cold, it is used with dry ginger and wood sorrel. This product can remove cold and dampness with its pungent warmth and aroma, and remove miasma with its fetishism and filth. It is used in treating the chest congestion and vomiting caused by Roach’s evil qi and cold and dampness, and is usually paired with Houpu. It is also used to treat vomiting and diarrhea caused by dampness, heat and filth, and is usually combined with Huang Lian.